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Reality Prayers

I think it was my youngest sister who sent me a page of prayers several years ago. The one which stayed with me was:

God, give me patience, and I mean right NOW!

The others are worth reading, too:

Lord, help me to relax about insignificant details beginning tomorrow at 11:41:23 a.m. CDT.

God, help me to consider other people's feelings, even if most of them ARE hypersensitive.

God, help me to take responsibility for my own actions, even though they're usually NOT my fault.

God, help me to not try to run everything. But, if You need some help, just ask.

Lord, help me to be more laid back and help me to do it EXACTLY right.

Lord, help me to stand up for my rights (if you don't mind my asking).

God, help me to take things more seriously, especially parties and dancing.

Lord, help me not to be a perfectionist. (Did I spell that correctly?)

God, help me to finish everything I sta God, help me to keep my mind on one th-Look a bird-ing at a time.

God, help me to do only what I can and trust you for the rest. Do you mind putting that in writing?

Lord, keep me open to others' ideas, WRONG though they may be.

Lord, help me to be less independent, but let me do it my way.

Lord, help me to follow established procedures today. On second thought, I'll settle for a few minutes.

And this one was underlined in red:

Lord, help me slow downandnotrushthroughwhatIdo.

Amen.

Comments (1)

Very cute. Liked them all.

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